Jolljepunco (possibly from
Quechua ''qullqi'' money, silver, ''p'unqu'' pond, reservoir, tank; dam,
"silver pond"), Colquepunco (possibly from
Quechua ''punku'' door, "silver door")
[ or Sasahui (''sasawi'') local name for '' Leucheria daucifolia'', ''-ni'' an Aymara ]suffix
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to indicate ownership, "the one with the sasawi plant", Hispanicized ''Sasahuini'') is a mountain in the Andes
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of Peru
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and the name of a lake near the peak. The mountain is about high. It is situated in the northern extensions of the Vilcanota mountain range in the Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Ccarhuayo and Ocongate and in the Paucartambo Province, Kosñipata District. Jolljepunco lies northwest of the lake Singrenacocha
Lake Singrenacocha (possibly from Quechua ''sinkriy'' to walk in a line / to string, ''sikriy, sinri'' to string beads, ''-na'' a suffix, ''qucha'' lake) or Sigrenacochaescale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region), sh ...
, southeast of Minasnioc.[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 1(Cusco Region)] The lake named Jolljepunco is situated south of the mountain at .Cusco Quechua
Cuzco Quechua ( qu, Qusqu qhichwa simi) is a dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in Cuzco and the Cuzco Region of Peru.
It is the Quechua variety used by the Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua in Cuzco, which also prefers the Spanish-based five- ...
''ukuku'' spectacled bear (or just 'bear'), also a character in the Andean mythology
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) of all the groups climb the glaciers of Jolljepunco and spend the night there. They return, carrying on their backs huge ice blocks for the people of their community. The waters of the mountain are believed to heal the body and the mind.[María Constanza Ceruti, ''Qoyllur Riti: etnografia de un peregrinaje ritual de raiz incaica por las altas montañas del Sur de Peru'' (in Spanish)]
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Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region
Lakes of Cusco Region
Lakes of Peru
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